The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-03-08
BLOODY GORE
At Coronado, Kansas, in Which
the Notorious
Coulter
Has Twenty-Five Bullets Put i'm
His Body.

Abilene, ks., March THE GaZette's
special from Wallace to-day says, in re-
gard To the bloody ARRAY in Wichita
county at Coronado. The trouble has
been brewing for some time in Wichita
cOanty between the rival towns Of CorO-
nadO and Lesti, and tight occurred
some time ago, resulting IN the loss OF
lie, caused bv contest for the county seat
In about ten day. an election will be held
To decide the location, and IL is said that
blood has been shed to such an extent, a
party ol men have gone from here to get
Ihs BODIES, taking with them collins Tor
that purpose, and not forgetting supply
of firearms
The latest news from the scene
was To the effect that the dead bodies were
wing in the streets, ami the Outlass YOU
not permit any one to touch them. Further
Developments are expected to-day. Ii
must be remembered that the seat of war
is thirty-tive miles from here and no com
municatiOns have come from those parties
who happen to come fom that point.
The Liam Coulter is reported
to have had twenty-cne bullets put into
his body. 1t can be truthfnlly said that
he was n rough characther. Fl is favori:e
mt thOd Of prOoeedure was TO pound a man
over the head with a six-shuoter without
giving any warning. While am writing
Ore of the cOlored pOrters who runs on the
train between his poin. and Broodville,
came in and showed big cash
o his head, which was made by the man
Coulter by striking him on the head, and
for uo other ofiense than that of setting
down IN 4 dining room al the same table
bI An hos L..
who Is reported as diving with the con-
sumption, and two brothers that died
with their boots on---one being shot and
another lynched. Our sympathy Is with
his sister who arrived here tonight FROM
Russell and isawaiting. the arrival of the
corpse.
That trouble will vet come from the
affair and more blUodshed NAV be surmised
from the Tact that the Leote men received
an express package this morning contain
ing 500 worth of firearms.
Denver, Col, Mar. 2 A telegram from
Wallace TO the associated press says: "Of
the bloody affair AT Coronado, Wichita
county, Sunday, seven men, Charles Coul-
ter, Bill Raynor, Frank Jenniss. George
Watkins, Emmet Dunning, A. y. Barey
and Johnson left Leoti and went to Coron-
oNOs oOhC VI tHCAi LD udNc Jun anC the
others to see it. Three OF them were
armed. They took beer with them and
after arriving there proceeded 10 drink
with some OF The Coronado bows. They
Ojn quarrelled and Coulter and Ale Looms
drew revOlvers and began shooting. This wss
the signal for the war to begin, and the
Coronado men opened on the Leoti crowd
from windows and secluded places Coul-
ter, Rsynes and LOomis fell, the first two
lead, and the last with leg and an arm
broken. The Coronado fellows then turned
On The other LeOti men, who had got in
their buggies and were fleeing for their
lives. Winchesters were used freely, and
three of the Leoti men were shot ont
Of the buggy. The team, wounded, ran
away to LeOts; only two of the men got in
with IT, the others were picked up and
taken TO town. Watkins died Yesterday,
and Barey, Johnson and LoOnis are ex-
pected to die. Both towns are surrounded
with guards and no one is allowed to
enter who is not well known.
Both sides are fully provided
with ammunition. The bodies of Coulter
md Watkins were brought TO Wallace
asst night and taken east for burial. Wat
<ins was married and his body was accom-
panied by his wife. They were from lii
lOis. Coulter's body was taken BY his sis
er to Russell, rs. RsynOr was buried at
Leoti. The end is not yet.